HUMAN BIOLOGIST HONOUREDProf. Terry Graham, chair of the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, received an Honour Award from the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists at its annual conference in Saskatoon this month. The award is the society's highest honour and recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to exercise physiology in Canada. Graham was cited for his internationally recognized research, ranging from his early work on skeletal muscle lactate metabolism and thermal physiology to his more recent studies of amino acid metabolism and the effects of caffeine on human health, endurance performance and glycogen metabolism. He was also cited for his contributions to the Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology as associate editor and, since 2000, editor-in-chief.
ENGINEER CO-ORGANIZES SYRACUSE CONFERENCEProf. Valerie Davidson, Engineering, was one of the organizers of the Advanced Leadership and Institutional Transformation Conference held this month at Syracuse University. The Gordon-style conference, which was supported by the National Science Foundation, Syracuse University, Louisiana State University and U of G, brought together 60 women in senior academic positions in engineering or university administration to discuss academic leadership and paths for institutional transformation.
OAC PROFESSOR PART OF JUDGING PANELProf. Helen Hambly Odame, Environmental Design and Rural Development, travelled to Tanzania this month to be part of an international panel that judged the nine winners of the Gender for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Information Society awards. These competitive grants are sponsored by the International Development Research Centre, the International Institute for Communications and Development and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU.
CO-OP STUDENT WINS AWARDWojtek Gidzinski, a marketing management co-op student, has received the Guelph Trillium Rotary Award for Work Term Excellence. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded on the basis of work term performance and the quality of the work term report. Gidzinski was recognized for his eight-month stint with the City of Guelph's economic development department.
ARTIST CURATES WEB-BASED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Prof. Susan Douglas, Fine Art and Music, curated a web-based international exhibition called “moblog:enter” for AGOG, Guelph's visual and media arts celebration. Among the Canadian artists participating in the show are 1987 Guelph BA graduate Sara Angelucci and U of G's FASTWÜRMS. To view the virtual exhibition, visit www.mobilelog.ca.
NEWS RELEASE EARNS KUDOSAt the recent conference of the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation, Marianne Clark of the Office of Research won a bronze award for her news release on the 2003/04 Project SOY and Guelph Creative Recycling Initiative.
